COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course expands the suite of FHWA services to assist State and local governments in the successful implementation of load and resistance factor design (LRFD). The course promotes the philosophy of the LRFD design platform, establishes the motivation for LRFD as a reassurance that safe design practices are being applied, and applies these principles to geotechnical design for bridge foundations. The course's PowerPoint slides and Participant Workbook are regularly updated and the course follows the latest American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) "LRFD Bridge Design Specifications".

Major topics in this course include: loads, load distribution, and load combinations; principles of limit state designs; geotechnical spread footing design (soil and rock); driven pile and drilled shaft design (soil and rock); and substructure design and detailing for a cantilever abutment and hammerhead pier.

Structured as a combination of Instructor-led discussions and workshop exercises, this course includes LRFD theory applied to design examples and illustrates step-by-step LRFD design procedures. The training includes the extensive use of student exercises and example problems to demonstrate overall design, detailing, and construction principles addressed in the reference materials. The course also provides hands-on experience in the AASHTO LRFD design and detailing of bridge abutment and pier elements, deep and shallow foundation design, and earth retaining structures. Exercise and example problems are based on components of overall comprehensive bridge design examples using AASHTO LRFD and provide comparisons between ASD, LFD, and LRFD design methods.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Bridge, geotechnical, and transportation engineers with 0-20 years of experience who are responsible for the design and construction of bridge substructures on surface transportation facilities may benefit from this course.

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SESSION INFORMATION:

The National Highway Institute (NHI) has been accredited as an Authorized Provider
by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
In obtaining this accreditation, NHI has demonstrated that it complies with the
ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice.
As a result of their Authorized Provider status, NHI is authorized to offer IACET CEUs
for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.